Stephen Cunetto

Associate Dean, University Libraries

Responsibilities

Direct responsibilities for overseeing and managing the Systems, Web Services, Digital Media Center, Access Services and the Digital and Presevations Departments within the Library. He is also responsible for Library Technology and is a member of the Library Administrative Council. He also serves as the head of the Golden Triangle Regional Library Consortium and the Mississippi Academic Library Consortium.

Cunetto is currently serving as the Vice President of the Mississippi Library Association.

Library Liaison for:

Committee Memberships

Library Administrative Council

Library Technology Committee (Chair)

Public Relations Committee

Digital Priorities Committee

Charles Templeton Ragtime Festival Committee (Chair)

Information Technology Advisory Committee (MSU)

EBSCO Academic Advisory Committee

MAGNOLIA Steering Committee

Biography

Stephen Cunetto, Associate Dean, University Libraries, earned his B.S.
in Communication at Mississippi State University and his Masters in
Library and Information Science at the University of Southern
Mississippi in 2006. As the Associate Dean he provides strategic
direction, oversight, and maintenance of the Libraries' technological
infrastructure and technology services, ensuring tight integration of
all digital and online services as well as assists in the overall
management and strategic operation of the University Libraries. He
manages and provide direction for Access Services, Digital Media
Center, Systems, Web Services, Digital Preservation and Access Unit,
and the Charles Templeton Music Museum. Other responsibilities include
serving as the director of the Mississippi Library Partnership, a
consortium of 53 academic, public and school libraries, managing the
Mississippi Academic Library Consortium and serving as a member and
the Technical Advisor for the MAGNOLIA project. In addition to serving
on several Library committees he is also a member of the MSU
Information Technology Oversight Committee and serves as chair of the
MSU Performing Arts Committee. He has received numerous grants from
the Mississippi Arts Commission, the Mississippi Humanities Council
and the U. S. Small Business Administration. Cunetto served as the
President of the Mississippi Library Association (2012), Mississippi
Theatre Association (2001-2002), Starkville Area Arts Council (2001),
and Starkville Community Theatre (1999-2001). He has served as the
Executive Director of the Mississippi Theatre Association from
2003-2016. In 1999 Cunetto was awarded the Mississippi Library
Association's Peggy May Award and in 2016 the Mississippi Theatre
Associate named its highest award in his honor.